資料來源 : pyDict

勝任,資格,能力

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Competence \Com"pe*tence\, Competency \Com"pe*ten*cy\, n. [Cf.
   F. comp['e]tence, from L. competentia agreement.]
   1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy;
      power.

            The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental
            resources, the competency of this kingdom to the
            assertion of the common cause.        --Burke.

            To make them act zealously is not in the competence
            of law.                               --Burke.

   2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and
      conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.

            Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie
            in three words -- health, peace, and competence.
                                                  --Pope.

            Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but
            competency lives longer.              --Shak.

   3. (Law)
      (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the
          competency of a witness or of a evidence.
      (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take
          cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge
          or court. --Kent.

資料來源 : WordNet®

competence
     n : the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically
         and intellectually [syn: {competency}] [ant: {incompetence}]